Guides of Summer: GameCube

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We beat this summer's best games, and live to tell the tale.

By IGN Guides

When it comes to getting through tough games, we're just like you—we hate losing and breaking controllers in frustration, and love kicking massive amounts of video game ass. We've played and conquered this summer's best games and live to tell about it in IGN Guides' complete online strategy guides, each packed with in-depth walkthroughs, advance strategies and tips, and all the secrets and cheats known to man, woman, halfback, adventurer, etc.

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If you dig what you see, sign up with IGN Insider for full access to all of our guides, including the great summer guides featured in this article. Whether you're being challenged by The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay on Xbox, Spider-Man 2 for PlayStation2, or The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Adventures for GameCube, IGN Guides has got you constantly covered with our timely guides.

Of course, the summer's not over yet, and you can expect IGN Guides to be on the ball with new strategy guides for upcoming blockbusters such as Doom 3, Madden NFL 2005, ESPN NFL 2K5, Tales of Symphonia and more. And be sure to check out our continued coverage throughout the year and beyond—we won't stop our game guiding rampage until you're satisfied. Which pretty much means...never.

Calm winds, serene skies, and green fields of dewy grass are the high stakes in this gamble against evil. With the wind Sorcerer Vaati on the loose and the Princess Zelda lost, it's up to one brave boy and the magical Four Sword to restore order to Hyrule.

For over a decade, we've charged through Link's many adventures in Hyrule, knocking down pea hats, thwapping moblins, and foiling Ganon's quests of evil. But just when we thought we had Link figured out, the little green hombre splits in four and tosses a completely new challenge our way. Now in charge of a small army of Links, we've had to learn the Zelda formula all over again...and it's your turn to act as General. If Link's new style of combat and puzzles has you stumped, IGN's guide to The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Adventures will push you along.

Few individuals ever experience the exhilarating rush of plummeting a thousand feet towards the rocky pavement of New York's city streets. Spider-Man is one of the few. How, you ask? The thing is, Spider-Man&#Array;Spider-Man&#Array;he does whatever a spider can. Not some of the things a spider can&#Array;Spider-Man does whatever a spider can. Does that mean he can swing from a thread? Why don't you take a look overhead.

Look Out! Here comes the Spider-Man!

Without getting too stupid (perhaps we already have), the point has to be made: in Spider-Man 2 you'll be challenged like never before. You'll have to quickly learn the instincts of a web-crawler as you're sent lurching through the canopy of Manhattan's tallest buildings. Having trouble trouncing the hundreds of baddies that are hell-bent on squashing the Spider-Man? IGN Guides is here to help you catch thieves just like flies.

It's that time of the year again... time to take that trip to Target and load up on hand towels, Easy Mac and Top Ramen. Time to buy the mini-fridge, Nilla Wafers, full-length mirror and trusty fan. Time to discuss what the sock on the doorknob means, who's going to bribe the RA to let you break curfew, and how the new crop of freshman honeys look. In short, it's time to go back to college.

EA is also headed back to school with the latest game in their college football legacy, NCAA 2005. The game is as large and exciting as an Ohio State/Michigan matchup... and more difficult than winning the national championship. Luckily, IGN Guides is here to coach you through the rough spots.

In a dingy city run amok with strange crime, Catwoman is on the prowl and it's not Meow Mix she's after. Having been killed and resurrected by the necromantic kitty Midnight, Catwoman is out for revenge, viciously hunting down her killers. But this midnight romp is anything but easy, and Catwoman's revenge must be satiated with your own quick thinking and cat-like reflexes.